Abuse. Trauma. Healing via Nature and the Old Gods

Monthly Archives: June 2018

Tomorrow, June 30, will be a day of nationwide protest. Marches are planned in all 50 states against the cruel and heartless “zero tolerance” policy of the Trump administration – a policy that has seen thousands of children ripped from their families and housed in what can only be described […]

Why I Can’t March Tomorrow

June 29, 2018 in Trauma and Recovery tagged abuse / Adoption / anxiety / birth mother / civil rights / donald trump / family separation / GOP / ICE / immigration / mental health / Morrigan / Mothers / protests / right wing / subjugation / trauma / women by admin

Tell a story of religious trauma and you are bound to get at least one person who says that you were just doing it wrong, in a bad church, or “following man instead of God.” I’ve gotten dozens of such comments on this very blog. My most recent was yesterday on […]

Religious Trauma & Evangelical Abuses: Real, Common, Systemic

June 18, 2018 in The Christian Cult tagged abuse / apostolic / christianity / christians / discrimination / hypocrisy / intolerance / PTSD / right wing / trauma / women by admin

I haven’t left the house in days, and I cannot remember when I last bathed. I try to carry on a basic conversation with my son and get stuck trying to remember every day words. Mostly I’ve just been sleeping. A Surprise Trigger I was already in a bit of […]

CPTSD: A Message From The Dark Side

June 14, 2018 in Trauma and Recovery tagged abuse / anxiety / dad / depression / mental health / Mothers / pain / parents / PTSD / rejection / trauma by admin

8 years ago this week, my beloved Doctor Who ran one of the best episodes in show history. The 11th Doctor and Amy Pond visited Provence and the slightly erratic Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent captured Amy’s heart, and sure she could prevent his upcoming suicide, she and The Doctor plan a […]

Anthony Bourdain, Vincent Van Gogh and Actually Helping Suicidal People

June 8, 2018 in Trauma and Recovery by admin